[Faited]

I'm very appreciative for what the devs do & that i re-discovered p99 through Twitch streamers back in late October. But everyone should be a bit considerate of folks w/opposing viewpoints on the server downtime issue.

I mean, the folks mostly complaining about the forced beta are players new to p99 who'd just got bitten by the Evercrack. It's understandable that longtime players on the server can't wait for velious to come out (but if so, why haven't you been helping to test since velious since its been on the test server?). As a whole community, I think we can learn quite a bit from this. It would've been helpful to:
1) Get some structured direction as to what specifically needed testing
2) More communication as to the actual duration of the beta (or stating up front that if not enough ppl tested, it'd be extended by X)
3) Having all testing-related info neatly on one page/thread (how to submit a bug report, how to structure bug reports for max efficiency for both submitters & devs, what needed testing broken down by class/zone, etc.)

What's done is done. Tuesday's come & gone w/no further update as to when servers are coming back up. All we can do is test our best & provide structured feedback so this experience isn't replicated the next time something needs a heavy dose of testing.